Manchester shootings: Boy, 15, arrested at school over PC murders

A 15-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with the murders of PCs Fiona Bone and Nicola Hughes in Greater Manchester, police have confirmed.

PCs Fiona Bone and Nicola Hughes (right) were killed in a gun and grenade attack in Manchester on Tuesday (Pic: PA)

The boy was arrested on Friday afternoon at a school in Hattersley on suspicion of assisting an offender.

The teenager was later released on bail pending further inquiries.

A spokeswoman for Greater Manchester police said: ‘Officers attended a school in the Hattersley area and they arrested a 15-year-old boy on suspicion of assisting an offender.

‘He has been bailed until Thursday September 27, pending further inquiries.’

Assistant chief constable Garry Shewan added: ‘This remains a complex and sensitive operation and we continue to ask the public to search their conscience and urge anyone who has any other information to contact us.’

PCs Nicola Hughes, 23, and Fiona Bone, 32, were killed in a gun and grenade attack on Tuesday after responding to a report of a burglary in Hattersley.

Earlier on Friday, Dale Cregan, 29, appeared at Manchester magistrates’ court charged with the officers’ murders and the murders of father and son David, 46, and Mark Short, 23.

Mr Cregan also faces four charges of attempted murder and was remanded in custody to appear at Manchester crown court on Monday.